Brief History of the Ghana Football
Association (FA) Cup
The Ghana FA Cup
competition, now known as the MTN FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the elite
knock out competition of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The competition
was first held in the season 1957/1958, then known as the Aspro Cup where
Asante Kotoko beat Accra Hearts of Oak 4-2 at the final to be crowned champions
of the maiden edition.
The knockout
competition is played between the clubs of the Ghana Premier League, the
Division One League, the Division Two and Three Leagues. However, the upset
driven competition took eight years intermission between the seasons 2002 and
2010.
Accra Hearts of Oak
is the most successful club in the history of the competition, having won the
title for ten times (10), last in 2000 when they beat Okwahu United 2-0 in the
final. Kumasi Asante Kotoko follows closely with 9 titles, last won it in 2017
at the time of writing, after beating Hearts of Oak 3-1 in the final at the
Tamale sports stadium.
Season
Winners Runners-Up
1958 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 4-2
Hearts of Oak (Accra) (Aspro Cup)
1959 Cornerstones (Kumasi) Great Ashantis (Kumasi)
1960 Asante
Kotoko (Kumasi) 2-0 Hearts of
Oak (Accra)
1961/62 Real Republicans (Accra) 0-0 1-1 2-1 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)
1962/63 Real Republicans (Accra) 1-1 2-0 Cornerstones (Kumasi)
1963/64 Real Republicans (Accra) 3-0 Great Ashantis (Kumasi)
1965 Real Republicans (Accra) 1-1 1-1 Cornerstones (Kumasi) (shared)
1966 competition abandoned
1967 Not played
1968 Mysterious Dwarfs (Cape Coast) 1-0 Mighty Eagles (Ho)
1969/70 Not played
1970/71 Abandoned at semi-final stage
1972 Not played
1973 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 2-2 2-0 Akotex (Akosombo) (Note: the first match was
followed by penalty shoot-out which ended 4-4)
1974 Hearts
of Oak (Accra) 2-1 All
Blacks (Swedru)
1975 Great
Olympics (Accra) 1-0
Brong-Ahofu United (Sunyani)
1976 Asante
Kotoko (Kumasi) 2-1 Eleven
Wise (Sekondi)
1977 Not
played
1978 Asante
Kotoko (Kumasi) 7-0 Gold Stars (Tarkwa)
1979 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 1-0 Eleven Wise (Sekondi)
1980 Not played
1981 Hearts
of Oak (Accra) 2-0 Real
Tamale United
1982 Eleven Wise (Sekondi) 2-1 Hasaacas (Sekondi)
1983 Great
Olympics (Accra) 1-0
Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani)
1984 Asante
Kotoko (Kumasi) 1-0 Goldfields
(Obuasi)
1985 Hasaacas
(Sekondi) 2-0 Asante
Kotoko (Kumasi)
1986 Okwahu
United (Nkawkaw) 2-0 Real Tamale
United (Tamale)
1987 Not played
1988 Not played
1989 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 2-0 Cornerstones (Kumasi)
1989/90 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 2-4 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) (Hearts won on successful protest)
1990/91 Not played
1991/92 Voradep
(Ho) 2-2 Neoplan Stars (Kumasi) (3-2 pen)
1992/93 Goldfields (Obuasi) 4-3 Mysterious Dwarfs (Cape
Coast)
1993/94 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 2-1 Mysterious Dwarfs (Cape
Coast)
1994/95 Great Olympics (Accra) 1-0 Hearts of Oak (Accra)
1995/96 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 0-0 1-0 Ghapoha (Tema) (there was no penalty
shoot-out after the first match due to floodlights failure)
1996/97 Ghapoha (Tema) 1-0 Okwahu United (Nkawkaw)
1997/98 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 1-0 Real Tamale United
1999 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 3-1 Great Olympics
2000 Hearts of Oak (Accra) 2-0 Okwahu United (Nkawkaw)
2001 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 1-0 King Faisal (Kumasi) a.e.t
2002-2010 Not played
2010/11 Nania FC (Legon) 1-0 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) a.e.t
2011/12 New Edubiase FC 1-0 Ashanti Gold FC (Obuasi)
2012/13 Medeama
SC (Tarkwa) 1-0 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)
2013/14 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 2-1 Inter-Allies FC (Accra) a.e.t
2014/15 Medeama SC (Tarkwa) 2-1 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)
2015/16 Bechem
United 2-1 Okwahu
United (Nkawkaw)
2016/17 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 3-1 Hearts of Oak (Accra)
2018/2019 Suspended
2019/2020 Suspended due to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic
Compiled by Stephen Tetteh (Continental)
